Replanter attachment for cultivators.



No. 664,663. Patented Dec. 25,1900. M. G. MITCHELL.

REPLANTER ATTACHMENT FOB CULTIVATORS.

(Ap 1i n filed Mar. 20, 1899.

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I Inventor Patented Dec. 25, I900. M. G. MITCHELL.

REPLANT EB ATTACHMENT FOR GULTIVATURS.

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man, 7 ll. 12 15 AH UNITED STATES MILLARD G. MITCHELL,

I)ATENT" OFFICE.

OF ARCADIA, KANSAS.

REPLANTER ATTACHMENT FOR CULTIVATORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 664,663, dated December25, 1900.

Application filed March 20, 1899. Serial No. 709,707i. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MILLARD G. MITCHELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arcadia, in the county of Crawford, in the State of Kansas,have invented a certain new and useful Replanter Attachment forCultivators, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the ac companying drawings, whichform a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a certain new and useful replanter attachmentfor cultivators, it being observed and recognized that in the first timegoing over a piece of corn with the cultivator certain hills of the cornwill be missingsometimes but few and sometimes large numberswhich it isnecessary to re plant-that is, to again plant such hillsthat in thefinal stand of the corn there may not be left waste patches over thefield. This is usually done as a separate operation by means of ahand-planter, involving quite a tedious and laborious operation. Toavoid this tedious and laborious work of going over the field with ahand-planter to replant the missing hills of corn, I provide a planteradapted and arranged to be secured upon the cultivator and to beoperated thereby, so that as the corn is gone over with the cultivatorthe first time these missing hills may be replanted and much time andlabor thus saved; and to accomplish this object my invention consists ofcertain features of novelty hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a walking-cultivator providedwith my re planter attachment. Fig. 2 represents a detail View of myreplanter attachment. Fig. 3 represents a plan view of the same, partlyin cross-section, on the line X X of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 represents across-section of the hopper on the line X X of Fig. 3.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several Views.

1 represents the plow-beams of a cultivator connected with the axle 2 inthe usual manner.

3 represents the shank, and 4 the plow, of the cultivator running nextthe corn-row, and 5 represents the handles of a walking-cultivator.

Upon the beams 1 I secure the plate 6, pro vided at its inner end witha'vertical stand ard 7, and upon this I mount a hopper 8-, of anyusualhand-planter pattern having a drop per-disk 9, as shown in Fig. 3, astop 10, and a fiy-valve 11, acting as a secondary dropper, as is usualin such planters and being of familiar construction are not shown indetail. To operate this mechanism when mounted upon the cultivator, asabove stated, upon the plate 6 I secure the brackets 12, in which isslidingly mounted the operating-rod 13, on which is adjustably secured,by means of the set-bolt 14, the head-block 15. Upon said head-block issecured a pring-pawl 16, arranged to engage the notches 17 in theperiphcry of the dropper-disk 9 to operate the same.

19 represents a coiled spring upon the operating-rod to restore the sameto position after action, a spring stop-pawl 20, secured upon thestandard 7 and arranged to engage the notches 17 of the dropper-disk 9,being provided to prevent the return of the disk under the return actionof the spring-pawl 16.

To operate the stop 10, I provide a lever 21, pivotally mounted at 22upon the plate 6 and connect-ed with said stop by the link 23 and withthe head-block 15 by the link 24.

To operate the fly-valve 11, I provide a lever pivotally mounted at 26upon the outer bracket 12 and connected with said valve by the link 27and operated by a stud 28 upon the l1ead-block 15, working in aninclined slot 29 in said lever. As shown in Fig. 1, said fly-valve ismounted in a metal tube 30, which is secured to the shank of the plow bymeans of the usual shank-bolt passing through the bracket3l thereon, theseed-conducting tube 32 being preferably of rubber or like material,secured to the plate 6 directly under the dropping-orifice of theplanter and telescoping with the metal tube 30, the construction beingsimilar to that of the hose and boot of the ordinary grain-drill.

In Fig. 1 the planter is shown as mounted upon the beams of theright-hand pair of plows. Upon the inner beam 33 of the lefthand pair ofplows I mount a bumper-block 34, directly opposite to the end of theoperating-rod, and upon the end of said operatingrod form a head 35. Itis apparent, of course,

that the planter may be mounted upon either the right or left pair ofplows.

Now in plowing down a row of corn with the cultivator it will beobserved in advance that a hill of corn is missing in the row. Thenbringing the plow bearing the tube 30 into the position in the corn-rowwhich such hill of corn should occu'py and at the same time bringing thebumper-block 34: forcibly against the head of the operating-rod, saidrod will be driven laterally, by which movement the lever 25 will beoperated and the fly-valve 11 will be opened, dropping the corn into themoist pulverized earth immediately in the rear of the plow, where itwill be covered by the fresh moist earth falling into the furrow as theplow advances. By the same movement of the operating rod, acting throughthe links 23 and 24 and lever 21, the stop 10 will close thedropper-orifice and the spring-pawl 16 will operate the dropper-disk 9to discharge from the hopper 8 the amount requisite for the next bill,which will be caught by the stop 10, until the operating-rod beingreleased and by the action of the coiled spring returned the fiy-valveis restored to position and the stop withdrawn, and the corn thereonfalls upon the fly-valve in readiness for the next replant.

Having thus fully described my replanter attachment and the means foroperating the same, what I claim as my invention, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. A replanter attachment for cultivators consisting of a hopper mountedupon a suitable frame secured upon the beams of'one pair of plows, aspring-actuated operatingrod slidingly mounted in brackets secured uponsaid frame, a head-block adjustably secured upon said rod, a spring-pawlsecured to said head-block arranged to engage the notched periphery ofthe dropper-disk of said hopper, a lever mounted upon said frame,

' links connecting said lever with said headblock and with thestop-valve of said planter for operating said stop, a lever fulcrumedupon one of said brackets, a link connecting said lever with thefly-valve of said planter, and a stud on said head-block operating in aninclined slot in said lever for operating said valve, and a bumper-blocksecured upon the inner frame of the other pair of plows for operatingsaid operating-rod, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a cultivator of a hopper having a rotatingdropper-disk provided with a notched periphery, a stop-valve and afly-valve, mounted upon a frame secured upon the beams of one pair ofplows, brackets mounted upon said frame, a springoperated operating-rodslidingly mounted in said brackets, an adjustable head block mounted onsaid operating-rod, a spring-pawl secured upon said head-block arrangedto engage the notches in said dropper-disk, a lever mounted upon saidframe, links connecting said leverwith said head-block and with saidstop-valve for operating said'stop, a lever fulcrumed on one of saidbrackets, a link connecting said lever with said fly-valve, a stud onsaid head-block operating in an inclined slot in said lever foroperating said valve, and a bumper-block on the inner beam of the otherpair of plows for operating said operating-rod, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination with a'cultivator of a frame secured upon the beamsof one of the V i pairs of plows, a metal tube provided with a fly-valvesecured to the shank'of the inner plow of said pair, a hopper having arotating dropper-disk provided with a notched periph ery and astop-valve, mounted upon said frame; a flexible tube secured to saidframe under the opening of said stop-valve and-tele- 5 scoping with saidshank-tube, brackets mounted upon said frame, an operating-rod slidinglyounted in said brackets, a head-j l block adj ustably mounted upon saidrod, a

coiled spring on said rod, a spring-pawl se- 7 cured upon saidhead-block arranged to engage the notches in said dropper-disk to op- 1ierate the same, a lever mounted upon said 7: frame, links connectingsaid lever with'said head-block and with said stop-valve for op{ eratingsaid valve, a lever fulcrumed upon one of said brackets, a linkconnecting said, 7 I

lever with said fly-valve, a stud on said headblock operating in aninclined slot in said;

lever for operating said fly-valve, and means 7 i for operating saidoperating-rod, substan': tially as set forth. 4:. The combination with ahopper mounted on a suitable frame, having a rotating dropper-diskprovided with a notched periphery, and a stop-valve and a'fiy-valve, ofbrackets mounted on said frame, a spring-actuated operating rodslidingly mounted in said j if brackets, a head-block adjustablymountedg upon said rod, a spring-pawl secured upon said head-blockarranged to engage said notches in said dropper-disk, to operate thesame, a lever mounted upon the frame, links connecting said lever withsaid head-block and said stop-valve for operating said valve i 1 15 jlink connecting said lever with said fly-valve, 7 l

a lever fulcrumed upon one of said brackets, a

a stud on said head-block operating'in an in-'' i clined slot in saidlever for operatingsaid" valve, and means for operating said operat- 5.The combination with a cultivator of a r frame mounted upon theplow-beam, a hoping-rod substantially as set forth.

per mounted on said frame, having arotating ets mounted upon said frame,a spring-ac cured upon said rod, a spring-pawl secu'redj upon saidhead-block arranged to engage said head-block operating in an inclinedslot in said lever for operating said valve, substan tially as setforth.

MILLARD G. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

W. D. KONANTZ, G. W. BROOKS.

